Posted on 02/14/2005 6:00:37 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Spanish prosecutors are seeking a total of 222,000 years in prison and nearly $1.17 billion in fines for three suspects accused of aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
The punishments are among a total of 230,000 years of prison terms sought for 24 suspects held in jail on charges of belonging to an al Qaeda unit in Spain, according to court documents filed Monday.
The trial was due to start this month but has been delayed indefinitely because of a backlog of cases at the High Court.
The prison terms correspond to all the charges, including 2,973 murders for those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks, but Spanish law would limit jail sentences to a maximum of 40 years.
The suspected leader of the cell is Syrian-born Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, born in 1963 and also known as Abu Dahdah, who investigators believe financed and organized Islamic militants in Spain.
He and two other suspects -- 32-year-old Moroccan Driss Chebli and 41-year-old Syrian Ghasoub al Abrash Ghalyoun -- are charged with aiding the Sept. 11 hijackers in their preparations for the attacks on New York and Washington.
Prosecutors seek sentences of some 74,000 years for each of the three and fines of 893 million euros.
Another high-profile suspect from the 24 due to go on trial is Tayseer Alouni, 49, a correspondent from Arabic television channel Al Jazeera who interviewed Osama bin Laden shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.
Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year term for Alouni on charges of collaborating with a terrorist organization. Alouni has repeatedly maintained his innocence.
The cell had been operating in Spain since 1995 under the name "Soldiers of Allah" to promote jihad against the enemies of Islam, according to the 205-page document filed by lead prosecutor Pedro Rubira.
Spanish authorities had been watching the group for some time but High Court Judge Baltasar Garzon ordered the first arrests in November 2001.
They didn't even live that long in the Bible. How about they just kill them.
Just so long as they have to serve every single day of the sentence; whether they're still breathing or not.
What's wrong with hanging them?
This is absurd, 5-10,000 years should be enough to do the trick.
... but Spanish law would limit jail sentences to a maximum of 40 years.
Oh I'm sure they have 1.17 Billion betwen them.....Kill'em and be done with the silliness.
Roughly the diameter of the Milky Way in lightyears suggesting a means of disposal.
What was the case, where an Ohio judge sentenced some low-life to 11,000 years, and the appelate court called it extreme and unusual, and reduced the sentance to 8,000 years?
If you find a reference to that, let me know.
Think of how expensive it is to feed these people for 220,000 years.
222,000 years? That's unreasonable. 221,000 is more than enough.
I don't know whether to laugh or get sick. This is further PROOF that "Enlightened" nations [those without the death penalty] are most assuredly not enlightened but rather VERY ignorant and sophmoric.
Better: Announce to the world they will be released at a specific date and time in Times Square.
I normally don't go in for vigilantism, but in this case not only would I make an exception, but I would book the next direct flight to NY to be there.
That should teach them to mess around.
Here's a tip for all you young 'uns out there: Any religion that involves killing people just because they disagree with your theology is a pretty bad idea.
I'm surprised they didn't give them seats in their government.
I was just thinking that it's gonna cost even more than the blood for oil vouchers scam netted to keep those guys for 222,000 years.
Such phony propaganda.
They won't live that long and they don't have that much money.
All for show.
Better to have stayed the course in Iraq and done something constructive like changing the situation.
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